Hi everybody,

We've been home for a little over a week and a half and many of you may have given up on any follow up that we might leave. I'm sorry but it's been a rough time for me becuase I came home to a sick kid and soon after arriving home I found myself sick. I began to recover this last week end and then found myself having to deal with an allergic reaction to something. I've been heaviling dosing the benedrill which makes me grogy and have been up and down with the allergy attack. It seems that as soon as I think it's gone it's back. I'm hoping that it was the apple juice that i've been drinking cuase yesterday I began to have problems shortly after drinking some, but who knows it could be that I still have something in my system that I haven't got rid of yet that is cuasing it. This is something that i've dealt with for a long time and still am not sure what cuases it, and the only thing I know i'm allergic to is Ibuprophin. I've done all the test and stuff and they can't tell me what cuases it other than I'm one of those weird people that they can't figure out LOL.

On the other side i'm doing great with my neck. I have been having very little pain and am almost completly off my pain meds and only taking them when needed which has been very little compaired to what I was taking before surgery. I'm looking forward to getting busy again and maybe God is keeping me down with the bug and allergy stuff, who knows but I don't plan on over doing it, until its time. I did an interview with a Magazine that should be out in a couple of months, I hope they include the prayers and support that all of you have given me. I will post the article when they get it to me.

Richard

We Made it Home!

Hi All:

We made it home early Saturday morning. It was about 12:30 am when we got in. We are still recovering from jet lag, but the Lord blessed us with safe travels home. It is so good to be home. Richard is still doing great. He's feeling better everyday. Thank you all so much for your love, prayers, and financial support given to make his surgery possible. We give all the glory, honour and praise to God Almighty. We are so blessed. We pray that God blesses each of you as HE has blessed us. Thank you. I hope to see you soon.

Love,
Robyn & Richard

Coming home

We are in the airport in Taiwan waiting for our next flight just 2hrs away. We've been traveling 16hrs and we have about another 18+hrs to go. Yippie :) anyway we are doing fine but are a little tired, the flight leaves here around 11pm this time so hopefully we'll get some sleep on the next flight which is the long one about 12+hrs.

Thanks for your prayers and see you in the good ol USA soon. "Lord willing"

Richard & Robyn

Meeting with Doc before heading home

Hi everyone,

I just got back from the meeting with my doc and everything is A.O.K, so we are still headed out tomorrow morning and heading for home. I have to wear my collar for at least 6 weeks and behave myself :( during that time. He said that at the end of 3month from the date of my surgery I should be able to do anything that I want :) "God is good.....All the time"
He gave me a card to get through airport security if needed and a copy of my x-rays etc... we had such a good experience with the hospital here, everyone was really nice so today we took cookies to the staff and nurses. Robyn is getting a perm right now and then we're going to say our goodbyes to some of the friends that we've made while here. We leave the Hotel at 4:45am which I'm not looking forward to but we are both anxious to get home.

Thank you all for your prayers they mean so much and I know that they have helped my surgery to be a success.

Richard

Good Tuesday Afternoon: This is the 2nd day of Chinese New Years here. I guess they celebrate for 15 days, but these 1st 2 days are important because most of the stores are closed. Families come from wherever they currently live to their hometowns to celebrate with the rest of their families. They've been shooting some fireworks off at night. It's been quite busy here at the hotel and shops.

Richard is doing good. He had a rough couple of days, but he's feeling better. He is learning to pace himself. He is having some tightening in his neck so even when he has the neck brace off he still feels like he's wearing a tie. Hopefully that won't continue. We see the doctor in 2 days and leave here in 3. We can't wait to come home.

Thank you for all your prayers and emails. Please keep us and our family at home in your prayers. Pray we get home safely.

Love,
Robyn & Richard

Good Sunday Morning, or Saturday evening for you all back at home. Well, all is o.k. here. Richard has had a few bad days. He's been really tired and wore out. He slept an entire day. He felt a little better yesterday, but last night he got an upset stomach, so we aren't sure if he ate something bad or not. He's also feeling like he has a neck tie on even when he doesn't have the neck brace on. Hopefully, he hasn't pulled a tendon or muscle or maybe it's just the healing that's going on in there. We are supposed to head home Friday am here, but Thursday there. Please pray he will be well enough to go home as scheduled and that we'll have a safe trip home. I am getting homesick. He is such a good husband. I am so blessed to have hime. Here he is sick and recovering and he's always worried about me. The Lord has blessed him with a great heart of love and selflessness. Thank you all for your prayers and emails. We look forward to receiving them. Have a great day!
Love,
Robyn

Friday evening for you.

Hey everyone,

It's Friday evening for you but it's noon here on Saturday. I had a slow day yesterday cause I over did it a little. We went out with some people that we've met here, we wanted to take them out to dinner sometime before we left and they have been letting another lady that is here stay with them at their home and so she was wanting to take them out as well. She is leaving before us and wanted to go out Thursday evening. So we did, but I should have stayed at the hotel and rested. We went to a Chinese place that had dinner and a show, the food was good I ordered a whole peking duck with plum sauce and we ordered some other fixins like rice and stuff. The show was a little cheezy but we still had a nice time. But I was really tired on Friday and spent the whole day in the room. I'm back on my feet again today but I'm going to take it a little slower and we are not going to make plans anymore and take it a little slower.

You all be good, and we are praying for each of you too!
Richard